Suspenders



(No Model.)

B. O. POSTER.

SUSPENDERS.

No. 399,514. Patented Mar. 12, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

BENJAMIN 0. FOSTER, OF I'II MBOIIDT PARK, ILLINOIS.

SUSPENDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,514, dated March 12, 1889.

Application filed December 8, 1888. Serial No. 293,047. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN O. FOSTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hum- 1 boldt Park, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Attachments for Adjusting Suspemlcr-Ends; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same,reference being bad to the accompai'iying drawings, forming a part luj reot, in which" liigurol is a front elevation showing the suspender-end attached to the susliwnder. Fig. is a rear view of the connccting-link and strap-bar. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the central line of Fig. l.

The object of this invention is to furnish a ready means for the attachment and. detachment of suspender-ends, dispensing with the use of buckles, which have heretofore been used for this purpose, and have the attach ment one that can be easily operated, and by which the suspendenends can be adjusted readily and quickly, as required for use, and its nature consists in providing alink having a stud for attachment to the suspender, and to which link is secured the attaching device for the suspendenends, and in provir'ling the ends of the suspender with a series of holes to receive the stud of the link and permit the adjustment of the snspendenend, as hereinafter more specifically described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, A represents 111 c link, made of any suitable metal or material.

Bis the stud, having a shank or stem, a, and a head or button, I), and firmly attached i to the end of the link A by the shank or stem f a, so as to leave a space between the face of r the link and the face of the head or but-ton Z). I

C is the suspender, the end of which is provided with a series of holes, 0, of alength suf- 3 ficient for the passage of the head or button 3 b. This end of the suspender can be a sep- 3 arate piece made of leather,webbing, orother suitable material attached to the suspender, and having the holes 0 therein, or the holes i can be made in the suspcnder itself.

I) is a bar pivotally attached to the end of the link A by a pin or pivot, (I, so thatthe bar is free to turn or swing.

E are studs-one for each end of the bar D each having a head, a,

F are the straps-one for each stud Eeaeh strap having at its upper end a loop or hole, f, to receive the stud E, and at its lower end a loop or hole, f, for the button on the pants.

G is a pendant, attached by a pin or pivot, g, to the bar I) at; the center.

II is a strap secured to the pendant G, and having at its lower end a clamp, 71, forattaclr ment to drawers, as usual.

The parts I) E I! G II constitute the susponder-end to be attached. to the suspenderby the link A and stud 13, with the holes E but instead of the suspcnder-end shown and described other forms of suspender-ends can be used secu red to the link A, and attached to the suspender by the link A and its stud B.

The suspendcr-end is attached to the sus pender by slipping the stud R in such hole 0 as will give the proper length, and the suspeuder can be shortened by placing the stud in a higher hole 0, and can be lengthened by placing the studin a lower hole 0, to do which all that is necessary to be done is to slip the stud B from the hole 0 and insert it in such upper or lower hole as is required for the proper adjustment.

The suspender-end for the back can be secured to a link, A, having a stud, B, and such stud inserted in a hole made in the back end of the Suspender, by which means both ends of the Suspender will be attached bylinks A, having studs 15.

The stud I3 can be readily inserted and withdrawn from the holes 0, and will not be come corroded by perspiration, so as to be inoperative, as do the buckles or clasps now used for attaching suspender-ends, and when inserted a free movement of the link is had, permitting the suspender-end to adjust itself in position.

The link A and stud 13 present, when in place, a neat and finished appearance, and one which is not large and cumbersome, and at the same time a strong and firm attachment i is had for the suspender-ends, which cannot WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The pivoted link A and stud B, in combination with the bar D, a Suspender-end, and a suspender'for attaching the suspender-end to the suspender, the latter provided with means for attaching the stud thereto, substantially as specified.

BENJAMIN O. FOSTER.

lVitnesses:

O. W. BOND, M. L. PRICE. 

